Mold for building monolithic houses.



1,1 22,772. Patented Dec. 29, 1914,

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

wwwwoeo; nue gxtoz F. D. LAMBIE. MOLD FOR BUILDING MONOLITHIG HOUSES.

t QM/C kiwi 4"; abbo'mw Wane/wen I and sta tc offNew Jersey, hai'e invented oer-- .scri'ption.

oFF-rcn FRANK. n. LAMBIIE,

on UI'PERimon'rcLAm, NEW JERSEY, AssIGNoR 'ro' LAMBIE BROTHERS con-rom'rromn CORPORATION OF NEW yonx.

nomro'n FUILDING Mo'NoL'ITHIc HOUSES.

" A l c tion flled M a1-ch'7,l

To all'whqmzis'maiyancem:.

Be itknownthatf l, FPANELDQLA ME,

11' citizen oflthe United' States, tcs iding at Upper Montclair',: in 'the"co unty of Essex tain new rind-useful. Improvements in Molds for Buildin'g Monolithic Hon'ses, of when the following is a. fnll cletr nhd QXflC-t-Tdfl- This inv'cntiQlLElilts toinolds ionbuild I ing concrete houses and the likeiztndv-h gs'for 'its general object the proiris'ion of a-lcnock of the building inclndingejflooret xi single fpo'ur or cast-w" of this 'gen KyQP. o

nert-and accordingly the 1nvent-1' on' contemplates thcus'e ofv horiz o'ntll-lly diSpOSed'plates down'rnoldfcomposed ofmetaLforms or mold plates]; xiihicli may be a'sserx'1ble d"to.- receive the concrete. for casting one complete story v ,In .my'i pple-anon een; No. 779,267,

ent invention relates to molds ra l jgcharacter and has for its principalobject t mold, which,

which ere'secu red' totheftop. of the'.fiva-l l plates of the "interior frame and against which the ceilingabut with-the surfaces of .both' plates substantially flush. The lower ends of the ceiling plates are therefore above the upper ends of the .ivall plates so that'whcn the wall plates aredisconnected they maybe readily removed v V Another object of the invention is toipro vide' aconstruction whereby the major por tionofthe-wall plates of the interior frame .may "be removed while a sullicient number of them are permitted to remain in posi f speclflcation of Letters Patent.

' story (ifij ay'tfqii-robin accordance wltll r ew; ig-.2

vproyision of'an interior 7 thereof are the: "tight-angled "Us 2 the 914. Serial No. $23,101.

concrete fl'o on-andyet permitting thema'jor portion of thewallpla'tes'to nse'din the construction of the OtlTQRStOIiQ'iQfth l)uild- Patented 2919 14.

' tion to support the ceiling plates; This iSCIUCtlOH QL'OVldQS means for 'supporting'the" 1 9g, for since. th floor isj subjected'to ing'stress'es, it need necessarf ily Ice-supported for a longer period of time than' theWallsQ-Q Another object of the invention tofprovide a mold having its exterior and interiog frames so constructed that. greatenpnr tj; of the wall plates of'both-the exterior-midi interior. frames, may: be removed aftcfthe concretewall forthe first storyhasset'and' thereafter the same plates be utilized in the lconstructipn of the otherstoriesof thebuildf mg H o her objects, of the '-inv.je ingrfte'rep'pear and thenove of nrep'dintedfont nn i In the nw-inggfEi'g tion of 11 mold'p'frfiam terioiiframesfittthia *u'ppc and also showing'the-m inner meld fri rne is released'jlandflil figl :4 is} an enlz rged'horiz \ntel section .t-hrough a corner of th'mold fmml 3 v As disclosed in -my iapplicetioniserinl No.

779,267 referred to, theexter1'or'fran1e whichv has substantially the form of; hollci irectangle, is composed of "standard plates which e broadly. designa e -Eaeb ff f plates comprise'e reletiydy long and narrow Strip of 'channel iro'n' faheightto'forin the wall forone story of ilding Rh rod beginnerfaces O f he clmnnel irons at i jecting'le'gs off which are flusli'with the-ends of the channel ironsforming a, ('1 plate havingra projecting marginal fi ge with its edges. The intcgrztl'flanges ""the channel iron and the Ls"2.-are mm 5- ciently strong to withstand the ring and bendingstrains to which th sub jected'in ordinary use. At Sill mils in the side flanges of each or u;

"disposed with their; flanges. abutting" and their ends substantiall 'flush. The'seaper} tures receiving-"theclips 3fwhich are pro-' vided with openings in their shanks, into which the Wed'ges'l are driven, drawing the teriorjfr anie are: owed.

used whe'ne of and is provided v v .Standar d plates a.

flanges off the platesjtogether toform' a tight joint, between the same. Substantially L- shapednot'ches 5 are out iii-each of the side flanges .near their upper'han'd lower ends, into whi'eln liner locks-.6 fit, I the liner locks 'd trips of angle-irons of iigage'j th'e, notches "in thus-,e i i g t -p a ldmg tliem'against displace- [ates "at the this plate'bein 7 Yr ard wall plat of-its'side fling projects considerably apertures 1n alin ernen 14' and are clipp'd'.i1nd' fa the? a 12 inthensual inanner, the surfaees lot the plates being thus offset froinYtlle-siirface of the 'plate12 a suliieient ive the pilastei'fetfecti. The end'flang'es-of t e plate 12. are provided with square apertures 16 and the corner plates are provided with similar apertures 17 whiqh'are so arranged that the apertures in'theside flanges of the r belting course plates which occur at reg lar intervals virill register with the same when the belting course plates are superthereon, whereby'the belting course plates may be fastened in place by'clips and \vedgesas has been described. 7 The exterior frame is rigidly supported agamst spreading or lateral displacement by sectional tie-rods 20 extending transversely and longitudinally of the .frame and connecting the opgosite sides thereof, the sec all the same to bebackedoutof the wall after, the concrete has set, thus leaving an opening in "the concrete wall. which may be filled after the house is complete'd- As "is clear from Fig- 3, the tie-rods 20 are located just above the top of the ceiling plates, which,

will be later referred to, and upon the casting of thewalls and flooro'f the house, the.

tie-rods'2O will be. permanently embedded ltiiigfcoiirse ;plntes-,ll0 in position a' 'nd" the aliplatesi rwhich heretofore have been; 'a'iy to support-- they belting course" u gafihe mo d,-

e the tie-rods referabl l remoi e'djsuperposed upon v tie-rodsQOextend through openings in the belting course plates 10 flIldjUffllllliOZldOd to receive nuts '24 which secure the belting course plates in place, the short length sections preferably being surrounded by sleeves which prevent the concrete from forming I around the short length sections and permitintheconcretefloor andthus act as a reinforoement for the same. -The' tie-rods 20- andfn uts-Zl-a'lso will rigidly maintain the too ill be hereinafter win the d'esc pt' n f of the'asseni-- airs used in the so" terior mold, are on shaped. notches in:

d for the rrcep=ion Oi s .mnilnr to those used it. i

A. emrli oi" the wit! plat is locked to awn-r plaid.

ppm-ting: strucuirr form of ii. rennin quire any lfurth mining the r eirlictulr o her i and the elips'. if ii is i i a chimney riiziy be lei which is formed hi, 12 angle plates and. ll midi 5min}:

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a2 these jiziates raging lod ed and i:

other in the us'iil manner.

5.1, e :1 core for the Mullins" ins {not sho 's) w nivh in VOL .215; the ooncre writing of lire til r by means oi likt -l i illll. irony: 33: 5 th s ends -.'1 a?! rest. m: he 1m row of iinor a fiilll fll h th s in *5?" Wm in; prr-iembl r interposril ll between me bottoms of the Lin-mus and the liner loclis ill to i'acilitate in the. re:- mornl ofthe ceiling plates and inc erobeams as will he later referred to. Upon the 1 I H supports 32 are lmd standard plan-s 1 35 which are arranged 'i'irh their hung out;

ting to form the top of the inreriezl. H. R so i iliitre 11; which an:

med on the. tops of the .1 raped 40 nietzil. one leg I??? of xvi.

longer Tliz'zl-i the other leg; ni. prov ilw'; in tinshort' :ulerted to reg er 'uitli .0 iipei'iiire top llziuges of the Wall plates 0 1' the illil'l h frame whereby the role-so ir-.5 SK clipped and fastened therem rsx l manner. These release plate:- 36 in strips of unner length to 2.4? around the top surface of i, ietra.

the long: leg of the U-shaped "mm-l- E' L: inwardly beyond the e15 of the Wall plat s. it is necessary to in if interior frame. to pri ney, wliimney release plates 35?, f.

are necessary which are clipped .md trned in place in the same manner.

.i it A ceiling plates 1" arranged i u iin ri-li e whites in form the t: m)

owr Whirl. the W -i. 11'? the ior of the bulk Eng f2 a of the reiva; plll'fi'zi m are s bstantially flush. il'ir ceiling Plates are abo e 3 h oi the wall plates and so v .2.

it}: the i.ii:-;iissembling of the mold, ZlS w l we llllii' referred to.

The interior mid exterior frame are prowith door and Window openings 39 vsprutisely. the door opening he mrrmu'hlril h door plates 39" w c i'oriri :1 link, and the space between the rmuirs and surrounding window opening 31 lacing: tilled by a. wooden window frame (not-shown which. serves as a part of the mold for shaping the window opening as has been dis-closed in my application Serial Flo. 3215.? i i. iiled March 5, 191 31. Inter-posed hern'eou bottoms of the wall plates fornr in the rxleimr trauie and its Slll'iPOI'tlIig ictnre. are the footing course angles 40 lfilll'iisl'lng of right angle Ls made of iron or other suitable mute inl upon which the. pinto; rest. The interior plates also rest on sizriilur footing course angles 41, the footing umrso angles .t'or the second stor of the building living shown in section in Fig.3.

The method of constructing the mold frame to assemble the interior casing before the exterior wall frame is placed in ;m.. riti-sn. First the footing course angles ii are lE'tlkl upon the looting course and Ear. sled, up forming a rectangle. of a size corresponding to the desired house with the upstanding legs. of the Us facing inwardly. Preferably an inside corner plate 26 is first plated in position and the standard plates 1 are then placed upon the footing course Us with the surfaces of the plates facing outwardly. Liner locks 27 are positioned in the notrhes in the top and bottom of the plates which will insure that the outer surfaces of the plates are in exact alinement and Will lock the plates to the corner plates and pre ent. any lateral movement thereof.

(lips 25 are then driven through the register 7 apertures in the abutting flanges of the plates and the plates securely locked together by the Wedges 4, theother sides of il'u interior frame being assembled in the ame manner to form a rigid box open at the top and bottom which needs no additirnal supporting mean to insure its rigidity. The exterior frame is assembled in {he same manner. tho footing course angle l 4. living leveled up and the stand-mid l ii-n l assembled thereon. glut-cs are of uniform size and the plates in v exterior frame are arranged opposite and in exact alinement with the Wall plates rt the interior frame. In the construction shown .in Fig. 4 the special plates 12 are used for forming the pilaster, which plates are of a width sufficiently greater than the wruel' plate 26 of the interior frame to pro 3dr the neoe: HAP) offset f or the pilaster anl .intiiiu the, other plates of the frame.

-rmeni. After the Wall sections of exte ior frame have been properly set up ll rlllllg course plates 10 are secured The standard thereto and the tie-rods are placed in position which firmly secures the opposite sides of the exterior frame together providing' a rigid exterior frame which is supported on tirely independently of the interior casing. the-reliving no tic-rods or other devices connecting the walls of the frames at short intervals which are at present used in the construction of mold frames: of this character. The release plates are then cured to the top of the wall plates of the inlil) terior frame and the supports 32 are placed in position, and the railing plates are laid thereon forming a self-siu'iporting rigid strm'turo having the form of an inverted box which, together with the exterior frame is now voniplctvly assembled to cast one coinplete story including tho floor. of a building at a single pour. he concrete is then poured into the quire between the interior and exterior frames and spread in a layer over the veiling plate-sin a level flush with the u iper flanges ol' the belting course plate 10 where it is iri'iwoloil oil. The concrew is then allowed to so: for a sulli-ciont period of time f r the Walls to immune sol" :iently rigid to sustain the compl -vino lllff ea. and strains to "which it is sfzbivctod Sinre the lie-rods 20 are now prniuinenlly embedded in the conrrrte, the standard plates form ing the first story of the building are no longer necessary to :anppozl. the lieltii'ig course plates and they may be removed by backing oil the oi-ting rw-rse angles 4' which will release these plan roan engage ment with the belting ooniw plates at their upper ends and they may be readily re-v moved by taking out the liner loclis an: knocking out the clips The belting course plates 10, however, remain riaidly fastened to the concrete wall by means of the tierods :20 and nuts 24. To ronstruct the second story of the house, ltlltcl? mold plates may be superposed upon the belting course plntes and clipped and fastened theret in the manner which has Leon described. Since the holes-in the side flanges f the belting course plates 10 are arrimgeil at the StlIl'lL distance from its surface, the second rowof mold pla will no automatically lined up with the outer sin-fare of the con cmte wall of the first story. as will be clear fror. Fig, 3. It is thereforev to be observed that in the (instruction of a building, of more than one story, the-same set of slaiuh ard wall plates may lm used for the construction of the exterior frame for all of the stories, it hein necessary only to pro ride a number o sets of belting course plates. This 'feature is of decided importance since the forms or molds plates are made of steel and are theri'ore expensive,

so that if an entirely separate set of mold plates need be provided for wnstructmg the several ethics of 'the building, the cost of SEljlllfjil'li io shearing as Well as compreson s' and strains, it is necessary that '10 it be .-,\up;- rto(l for a longer period of time than tlu' Walls of the building. The majority oi iili' all plates composing the in n-rimframe are removed without disturbing the ceiling plates which support the concrete floor in the following manner: The upper lin-r locks '27 which carry the channel supports or u-omiins are separate from the liavr ham munocting the other plates .inil are (ii a \Yltlll? hi a plum thorefore serving merely want {or the eyc iioams. The foot inn mu we L's i i benaath the wall plates which auyri the eycbeams 32 are also inrlapeucliul of n other footing course- Lsi l'luiao in ail plates of the interior frame .izrv in la: ru'ioresl. the footing course Ls wii h t: tion of ll'aose beneath the Wall v. .x-l; ofilifflll'i, the eye-beams a oil and tin? wall plates and role, A mpportrd thereby are permitt drop out o1 supporting eupjagement i..- i-oni or. 'lhr release plates Minion-iii from the wall plates and i from czarli other, the liner locks 27 and tho :H

llik; and wedges lit-mg removed. Each of tho wall plates may then be drawn out lat li y Hmil its outer upper edge clears the iniu-r low-:ar mlgo of the release plates and ."o'zi the ceiling plates are slightly above iiw low-l oi the lop of the Wall plates, the lultlrr may be tilled on the inner edge of the hollow (hinge without striking against tho .Uilijlfl. iii-ch remains undisturbed to support (in: ronrrcte floor. Where possible. it. li-l p am-able to support the eye-beams 32 from all plate-s other than corner plates so that tho latter may be removed and usrd in the wmstruotion of the next story of the lluiiils'v -g Kltor the concrete lloor has fully sot. .qie wilillg plates and supporting wall plates may beremoved, the Wedges lit-tween tin.- cye-beams32 and the liner lurks 3T lining removed before the ceilioo plates in ull'ord more play between the Cell length slightly less than the pin-ting the same may remain in poafter the other .wall plates have been ml said last-named plates being of suf- .t strength to support th ceiling.

.i. knock down mold for constructing one completg story of a monolithic build-- an interior mbld frame compg sed of 1wLLeaUy-dispoSed wall plates, means for wdiy securing said plates together, a. pluiorality of ceiling plates, cross-beams for supill .porting the latter, means for supporting said beams including several of the wall plates, removable strips interposed between I v'all plates and their supporting structirc. ihc strips beneath the wall plates for suppo ting the ceiling plates beingdndependent of the other strips whereby when m d strips are removed from beneath the wall plates with the exception of those support the ceiling plates, the wall other than those which support the ms may be removed without disthe ceiling plates.

'3. in a knock down mold for constructing one complete story of a monolithic building, ari'ntcrior frame composed of a'plurahty.

hinged mld plates, means passing igh said flanges for securing'said plates ,her, liner locks for rigidly locking "2 plates against lateral movement, said locks comprising metallic strips unita plurality of plates, cross-beams supred by said liner locks, ceilin plates ported by said cross-beams, an removrib-.0 strips interposed beneath said wall plates and their supporting structure, the *3 u" locks for.supporting the cross-beams Lir ndependent of the remaining liner Mass and the strips lwmrath the wall plates hich ;-;upport the rrross bealns being independent of the strips beneath the remaining all platcsvwhcreby the wall plates other than those for supporting the ceiling plates my be removed withoutdisturbing the supports-for the ccilin plates.

4. In a knock dov cold for constructing one complete story a monolithic building including a floor, an interior mold frame composed of vertically-disposed Wall'plates,

ceiling plates, means for supporting the to the tops of the wall plates, and means for supporting the ceiling plateswith their surfaces substantially flush with the upper -surfaces of the release plates, said ceiling plates being above the level of. the top of the wall plates.

6. In a knock down mold for constructing one complete story of a monolithic buildiug including a floor, an int rior mold frame comprising a plurality of separate mold plates rigidly secured tog-.iher and having the form of an inverted box, means including several of saidwall plates for supporting the top plates of the box, some of said wall plates being removable independently .of the others and the ceiling plates whereby the top plates of the box and the wall plates for supporting'the same may remain in position after the other Wall plates have been removed, an exterior frame also composed of separate mold plates rigidly seoured together, belting course plates tending across several of said last named wall plates and secured thereto and means adapted to be permanently embedded in the concrete floor when'the concrete is' cast,

whereby the belting course plates will remain supported in position against the surface of the concrete walls and the wall plates may be removed and again superposed upon the belting course plates.

comprising aninterior mold composed -o vertically disposed flanged rectangular standard plates, means for securing said plates together, a plurality of horizontally disposedfianged rectangular standard plates forming the ceiling, means including several of said Wall plates for supporting said horizontally disposed plates with their flanges above the level of the upper edges of said wall plates whereby the wall plates other than those which, sustain the horizontally disposed plates may he removed without disturbing the latter.

-8. A knock down inch]; for constructing one complete story of e 'tmlithic building. comprising an interior Ii?.' :i "112111305841 of vertically disposed flanged rectangular standard wall plates, means for securing i said plates together, a pluralityof hori zontally disposed flanged rectangular stand ard plates forming the ceiling, cross beams supported by some 'of said-wall plates and arranged to support said horizontally dis posed plates with their flanges above the upper edges of said wall plates, whereby said- Wall plates other than those which sustain the ceiling plates may be removed without disturbing the latter.

9. A knock down wall for constructing one complete story of a monolithic building, including the .floor, an interior mo? trams L 7. A 'knock down mold for constructing H one complete story of a monolithic buildin 'uzlzposfll of vertically disposed wall plates, coiling plates, cross beams supported by some of said wall plates for sustaining said railing plates above the level of the top of said wall plates, and plates secured to the top of said wall plates abutting said ceiling lates and having their surfaces .adjaeent the line of jointure with said ceiling lates substantially flush with the surfaces 0 said :0 ceiling plates whereby said well plates other FRANK D. LAMBIE.

Witnesses:

Wumo M: CHAPIN, IDA M. PATTERSON. 

